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Letters .Patent N 98,168, dotted December 21, 1869.

IMPROVED EGG-BEATER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Paten,t and making part of thesame.

I, LINN LAURIF., ofthe city of Washington, county of Washington,District of Columbia, have invented an Improved Egg-Beater, oi' whichthe followingis a specification.

The first part of my invention relates to the construction of the frameof the egg-beater, in such form as to sustain the operative partsthereof', and also to be cheap and effective.

lhesecond part ot' my invention relates to the construction andoperation ofthe operative parts, in such a'mauner as'that with mybeater, eggs, batter, and other semi-Huid substances, may be thoroughlyagitated and subdivided, by the expenditure ot' but a small degree of'force, by which both a circular and perpendicular motion are given tothe shaft ot the.

beater.

For illustration of the construction and operation -of my invention,reference is here made to the Vaccompanying drawings.

Figure l represents a plan view of it.

Figure 2 represents a horizontal sectional view.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe it more in detail, always 'having' reference to the saiddrawings.

'Ihe handle H may be made ot' lwood, or any other suitable material, andits rods, ff, and the braces?) b, with its loop or eye e, may be made otany suitable metal.

The rods f f, braces la b, and eye e may be made in one piece, of wire,provided the form shown is preserved, and the circular bearings at thepoints f j' are iulnished, for the revolving and vertical motion ot' theshaft S.

The mortise m is made in' the lever, in order that the eye, or the loopc, may be inserted in the same, and have play-room therein upon the pint', when the implement is in operation.

rlhe shaft S is Ia cylindrical rod of metal, provided with two buttons,B B', which merely serve to pre vent its extending lengthwise, eitherway, any further than desired; and a hole, h, for the insert-ion of thecord, and upon the further end of the shaft may be fixed any desirednumber of beaters a. a a (t.

When the sbat't S is extended through the frame,

Yso that thc but-ton B abuts against the frame, the hole h shouldbe-located midway between the points ffl The rods r c may be bothstraight, or one of them bent 'at right angles tothe lever, as the rodisshown to be. The cord G is then inserted through the holel ,h ,anda knottied in it ou each side ot' the shaft, orr

any other suitable means used to prevent the cord from passing back andforth through the hole while the implement vis in use. The crd, afterbeing inserted through the hole h, may be twisted a turn 'or two around.the shaft oneach side of the hole, before its ends are fastened to theends of the lever.

The operation of the machineis so simple, that a word of explanation isscarcely necessary. The operator may take the handle H in his left hand,and the. lever L in his right, and when the beatersaa a a havebeenimmersed in the eggs or batter, in a pan or other like vessel,rthen, byalternately raising and depressing the forward end ot' the lever, it ismade to revolve alternately to the right and left, andati the sametitneto move endwise, back and forth, alternately, so as greatly to increasethe e'ect of the machine "in qnicklyaud thoroughly agitating andbreaking up the egg', batter, or other substance.

The principal ingredient of value in this little m`achine, aside fromits cheapness and simplicity, is the production by it; ot' thecombination of the revolving,

and the perpcmlicular and reciprocating motion ofthe shaft and beater,by so simple and so slight an exer- I 'tion efforce by the hand upon thelever. Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

l. The frame, composed of the handle H, the rods j' f, and braces b l),in combination with the lever L, with its rods c lr, pin t', and cord C,to produce the double or compound motion described, when constructed andarranged substantially as described.

2. The described lever, with its parts, including the cord C, and thedescribed frame, when in combination with the described sha-ft S, andits parts, when coustrueted and arranged substantially as described.

fitnessesz LIN N LAURIE.

EDM. F. BROWN,

1t. H. MARSH.

